[apoios especiais IPV] FAZER A DIFERENÇA, NÃO FAZENDO DIFERENÇA
CISeD Team Members:
Maria Antunes
Rui Duarte
Steven Abrantes
Valter Alves
Duration: 2021 – 2021
Funding
IPV
PTDC/GES-AMB/0934/2020 • Transições Transformativas Sustentáveis – Conciliar a Aceleração das Transições para Baixo Carbono com Transformações do Sistema
Duration: 2021 – 2024
Cised team members
Paulo Moisés Costa
Paulo Tomé
Funding
FCT
The project investigates the types of decarbonization strategies that comply with the Paris Agreement, the implementation of which requires the transformation of several sectors beyond energy, such as mobility, construction, agri-food and industry. This sectoral transformation poses challenges for the development of countries and regions, which have become particularly pressing at a time when states have to accelerate the low-carbon transition with more fragile finances and the need for economic recovery, after the pandemic crisis. . The research combines theories from socio-technical transitions and economic geography to identify the low-carbon transition strategies with the greatest transformative potential and investigate how countries and regions prepare for that transformation. The focus of this research is on the type of transition strategies that are most beneficial to the economy, that is, that have the capacity to generate change in other sectors. The project studies the possible directions of the transition and its transformative capacity, assesses the extent to which the system is preparing for this transition mode, and identifies areas that are leading or holding back the change. This research will also identify transformation patterns for emerging sustainable consumption and production modes at the corporate level, and compare them with the decarbonization strategies prescribed in the literature. The results will contribute to the discussion on the processes and ways of conducting sustainable transitions associated with different economic characteristics of the regions. The project will also contribute to the discussion on the influence of context as a facilitator or constraint of some types of decarbonization strategies, as well as identifying key dimensions on which policies can intervene in order to amplify the effect of transitions in structural transformation to national and regional level
DINAMIA’CET-Iscte – Centro de Estudos sobre a Mudança Socioeconómica e o Território
Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território da Universidade de Lisboa (IGOT )
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa (IESCIDL)
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu (IPV)
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)
CENTRO‐01‐0247‐FEDER‐047199 • AgroSafeBox: Intelligent alert system for agrovehicles rollover and driver safety
Duration: 2021 – 2023
Cised team members
Daniel Albuquerque
Olga Contente
Funding
CENTRO2020; PORTUGAL2020; Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional
The project aims to develop, test and implement an AgroSafeBox-System, which allows monitoring, in real time, the location, inertia and other parameters of a vehicle, as well as the physiological signals of the driver, to prevent the occurrence of the accident. This system can be attached to any vehicle, however within the scope of the project it is dedicated to tractors and quads used in agricultural and forestry operations. In these cases, the accident occurs due to the specifics of the terrain, by tipping over, causing bodily harm and material damage. The detection of behavioral changes in the driver during driving, by monitoring their physiological signs, can also prevent the accident, namely due to fatigue, stress, driving habits, among others.
The AgroSafeBox System will allow you to prevent and alert to the risk of accident and medical emergency in 3 situations:
i) in pre-driving, when assessing the driver's condition before driving, preventing the risk of an accident when the driver does not respond satisfactorily to the assessment carried out by the System;
ii) in driving, by monitoring in real time parameters of the vehicle and the task in progress which, through stability criteria based on tipping indices, will make it possible to prevent and warn of the risk of an accident. The system will also monitor various physiological signals from the driver that may contribute to the occurrence of accidents;
ii) in the event of an accident or emergency, signal and alert the competent authorities and emergency contacts, if not manually deactivated within a pre-established period. It will also allow you to alert vehicles equipped with the AgroSafeBox located close to the accident so that they can provide assistance more quickly.
The project also aims to provide a platform for the global and integrated management of the System and interaction with users, for the management and control of vehicles, among other features.
POCH-04-5267-FSE-000818 • Qualidade dos sistemas de ensino e formação de ensino não superior – Formação de docentes e outros agentes de educação e formação
Principal Researcher:
Susana Amante
CISeD Team Members:
Isabel Oliveira
Rui Pedro Duarte
Duration: 2020 – 2023
Funding
Fundo Social Europeu, Compete2020
The Training of teachers and other education and training agents project is based on capacity building for the co-creation of innovation of polytechnic and professional higher education teachers. The main objectives are:
- Promover e criar condições que permitam aos docentes a melhoria da qualidade, da eficácia e da eficiência das suas práticas pedagógicas, através do uso de novas ferramentas e novos métodos;
- Enable continuous improvement of the teaching-learning process and experience the process of co-creation as co-creators and also facilitators;
- Develop new skills, of teachers, that allow them to interact with different organizations;
- Prepare students to better meet the needs of society, enabling their participation in sustainable development, through the resolution of real challenges. Alongside the resolution of challenges, students acquire transversal skills in the development of critical thinking, communication, teamwork and collaborative work.
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-048183 [SMARTCUT] Diagnóstico e Manutenção Remota e Simuladores para Formação de operação e manutenção de Máquinas Florestais
CISeD Team Members:
Rogério Dionísio
Duration: 2020-2023
Funding:
COMPETE2020
PORTUGAL2020
UNIÃO EUROPEIA Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional
PROJ/IPV/ID&I/030 • JASM – Janela aberta sobre o mundo: Línguas estrangeiras, criatividade multimodal e inovação pedagógica no ensino superior
Principal Researcher:
Véronique Delplancq
Duration: 2020 – 2022
Cised team members
Isabel Oliveira
Funding
CGD; PV
Pedagogical innovation is at the centre of Higher Education (HE) priorities, with a concern to renew its practices in order to motivate students and provide experiences adapted to the professional reality. The improvement in foreign languages (FL), especially with students who do not proceed with language training, does not discard this questioning, even because the competences in FL in the work environment are unanimously recognized as vital, being therefore, by right their inclusion in the training plans. The Project-based learning approach in an interdisciplinary and collaborative work perspective, using multimodality in communication, is a consistent asset working the various dimensions of language in French and English, in their connections with cognitive representations. JASM project aims to develop an experience of active pedagogy at the School of Education of Viseu with students of the 1st cycle in Media Studies enrolled in the various FL curricular units in order to promote the acquisition of multilingual skills and the development of a plurilingual conscience thanks to the mobilization of the various dimensions of language (aesthetic and emotional, in addition to cognitive), in a creative, collaborative and interdisciplinary work environment.
In this project, the topic of interdisciplinarity is highlighted, combining FL with digital art.
Keywords: pedagogical innovation, higher education, project-based learning approach, foreign languages and linguistic and cultural diversity, multilingual and multimodal artistic creativity, collaborative and cooperative work, aesthetics and emotion.
PROJ/IPV/ID&I/023 • Mini-Olimpíadas Experimentais de Ciência
Principal Researcher:
Maria Paula Carvalho
Duration: 2020 – 2022
Cised team members
Isabel Brás
Ricardo Gama
Funding
CGD; PV
The importance of science education is widely highlighted in the literature. There are national and international mechanisms that evaluate education systems and the scientific competences of students(1,2,3). The purpose of the Science Olympiads is to identify intrinsic problems in the teaching-learning process and to promote science education(4,5). In this competition the pupils perform 2 tests: theoretical and experimental. The experimental exam allows operational skills (know-how) that are not evaluated, e.g. in the PISA and TIMSS studies, to be assessed.
This project is motivated by a study(5) that shows that Portuguese students present a deficit in experimental skills at the International Olympiads at the end of secondary education. Although they undergo an intensive training in the months preceding the international competitions, these students cannot develop some of the skills required. It is necessary to promote science skills from the first years of schooling. Therefore, we designed a pilot study to implement the Experimental Mini-Olympics of Science within the scope of the subject of Estudo do Meio in primary school. The objectives of the study are: to evaluate the feasibility of the Mini-Olympics in the 4th year of primary school; to determine teachers’ needs to implement science activities; to investigate the potential for the Mini-Olympics so as to evaluate the theoretical and experimental science competences of pupils at the end of primary school; to investigate the potential of the Mini-Olympics to stimulate pupils’ autonomous learning and critical thinking; to motivate teachers for new scientific challenges and to increase pupils interest in science. This research will be carried out in the 5 School Groups in the municipality of Viseu, during the 2020/21 school year and will involve principals, teachers and pupils in the 4th year of schooling. Initially an inventory of each school’s resources available for science activities will be performed. The Olympic competitions will be developed and implemented and the results will be published after the data are analysed. Recommendations will be stated in order to improve science education in primary school.
Com as conclusões serão apresentadas sugestões para o ensino das ciências no 1ºCEB.
O estudo será realizado em cooperação com a Ciência Viva, as Sociedades Portuguesas da Física, da Química e da Geologia, a Ordem dos Biólogos, a Association of Polar Early Career Scientists e a International Association for Geoethics.
To sum up, the project is unique because there are no Experimental Science Mini-Olympiads in Portugal at the end of the primary school. The IPV will be a pioneer in implementing this competition, which it intends to expand soon to a national level.
1 http://www.oecd.org/pisa/
2 http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss2019/frameworks/
3 http://www.ige.min-edu.pt/upload/Relatorios/GC_EEC_2016_RELATORIO.pdf
4 https://www.dge.mec.pt/olimpiada-da-ciencia-da-uniao-europeia-euso
5 https://estudogeral.uc.pt/handle/10316/43058
PROJ/IPV/ID&I/022 • EQuIPES – Estudo de Qualidade e Inovação Pedagógica no Ensino Superior
Principal Researcher: Maria Pacheco Figueiredo
Duration: 2020 – 2021
CISeD
Team Members
Carlos Pereira
Funding
CGD; PV
Several challenges have been tackled by Portuguese and European Higher Education, many of which are in the pedagogical arena. Although Pedagogy in Higher Education is not an invested area, there are studies, initiatives, projects and structures of great quality in the national context. An important part of the advances in the area has resulted from the systematic analysis, sharing and discussion of practices that have embodied several publications and sustained several interventions in Portugal and internationally. The EQuIPES - Study of Quality and Pedagogical Innovation in Higher Education aims to contribute to this body of experiences and studies that allows to understand and improve teaching and learning in Higher Education institutions, based on the analysis of practices in the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu in communication with partners. Based on projects from the Institute and at national level, EQuIPES will characterize the way IPV’s teaching staff teaches and what supports and constraints teachers recognize in their pedagogical practices. From this diagnosis, follows the identification, characterization and discussion of practices, namely active learning ones, which embody pedagogical innovation. Active learning is understood as a set of flexible practices that seeks the involvement of students through the use of approaches that move away from the teacher as center of the activities and which often resort to digital technologies. These practices, supported by a variety of records and in-depth reviews and input from various stakeholders, are shared and discussed with the closer and the wider community. The study adopts a mixed methodology. It begins with a survey for the the entire IPV that is accompanied by direct observation of spaces used for teaching, registered in a grid. In the second phase, through a snowball sampling, the case studies will be identify: teachers with pedagogical practices with active learning approaches, which we intend to characterize and analyze, using the input of external experts. The teachers involved in these case studies are invited to share these practices in peer-to-peer training spaces open to IPV staff and the larger community, accompanied by expert interventions.
With this approach, we intend to contribute to the visibility of Pedagogy in Higher Education, associated to the construction and utilization of active learning approaches.
PROJ/IPV/ID&I/020 • AppSaúde: Empoderar para melhor viver
Principal Researcher: Manuela Ferreira
Duration: 2020 – 2022
Cised team members
Carlos Quental
Funding
CGD; PV
Knowledge about the health of the Portuguese population has improved significantly, however, young people require particular attention in relation to the determinants of health related to lifestyle. Scientific evidence of school health promotion, innovation and the need to refocus action on results implies the development of more appropriate interventions for the young population. In addition to empowering people and communities to act, it implies recognizing their skills and potential and facilitating their choices. Integrating a broad vision, the AppSaúde: Empower to better live project is created, with the purpose of improving the levels of health literacy of young adults in the central zone of the country. It integrates three specific areas: food, additive consumption and sexuality. The objectives are: to develop an instrument to evaluate the level of literacy of students of higher education in the areas of food, additive consumption and sexuality; monitor health determinants in these areas, and develop a web-based platform that includes a health education program and a forum for the exchange of ideas between students and professionals. The plan for dissemination of results and dissemination of knowledge is in line with the broad territorial scope and corresponds to the domains of health and technologies applied to health.
The impact of the scientific and technological knowledge generated by the project when disseminated will contribute to the regional and national valorization, in a logic of knowledge translation.
This study will be developed by a team with elements that have already carried out other projects in this area. This team, now reinforced by the involvement of 1st and 2nd cycle IPV students, is a guarantee of the success of IPV research and dissemination at national and international level.
PROJ/IPV/ID&I/002 • Sistema Inteligente de Controlo de Planos Alimentares para Doentes de Alzheimer e Outras Demências
Principal Researcher: Carlos Augusto Cunha
Duration: 2020 – 2022
Cised team members
Valter Alves
Rui Pedro Duarte
Funding
CGD; PV
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive loss of mental function, characterized by degeneration of brain tissue, including loss of nerve cells, accumulation of an abnormal protein, and development of neurofibrillary braids. Alzheimer's patients become dependent on other people, even for the most basic tasks. Controlling feeding and hydrating an Alzheimer's patient is thus a crucial task performed by the person who supports their daily routine, called Informal Caregiver (IC).
Conditions of malnutrition, super nutrition, and dehydration are common in people with diseases causing dementia since the loss of their autonomy also manifests itself in the level of their inability to demonstrate food needs. The support of a nutritionist in the preparation and follow-up of a food plan aligned with the needs of the patient is, therefore, fundamental. The monitoring of the food plan is undoubtedly a process that demands from Cl a lot of discipline and the ability to deal with possible circumstantial adaptations, such as replacing foods prescribed in the food plan with other equivalents or changing the quantity of water consumed as a function of ambient temperature.
This project addresses the problem of the creation and monitoring of diet plans in patients with dementia such as Alzheimer's, through the creation of a computer solution. It allows the creation of nutritional plans by the nutritionists using a Web application and the follow-up of these plans by the ICs through an app to significantly increase the quality of life of the patient. The mobile app will be able to send to the CI notifications regarding proper nutrition and hydration in due moments, accompanied by the control of hydration using an intelligent water bottle, will allow ensuring the compliance of the indications of the nutritionist. Besides, the application will suggest alternatives to plan foods if they are unavailable. Another central feature of the solution is the dynamic adaptation of water administration to the patient as a function of the environmental conditions automatically collected by temperature and humidity sensors.
In scientific terms, the project includes the creation of innovative models for adapting food plans using machine learning algorithms and integration approaches, preprocessing and evaluation of data quality collected by external sensors.